Putting together successful teams in the National Football league is truly an architectural triumph sometimes, as general managers work tirelessly to scrape together the best 53-man roster for a team that becomes filled with a perfect balance of youth and experience. Not many men have been as successful at that job as Bill Polian, who’s a six-time National Football League Executive of the Year.

“[He’s] exceptionally bright, exceptionally high character, all Dolphin fans know that,” said Polian. “I love Ryan Tannehill. I said on ESPN in my first year as an analyst, having scouted all three quarterbacks for the Colts, that I thought that Andrew Luck, RGIII, and Ryan Tannehill were the three can’t miss quarterbacks in that draft and Russell Wilson wasn’t far behind. Ryan has proven to be a sound and solid quarterback. He’s gotten better every year, his statistics are very, very good, [and] they compare very favorably with RGIII and with Andrew.”

Tannehill’s talents won’t mean much, though, if the Dolphins offensive line doesn’t put on a much better performance as a unit than it did last year. With all the turnover on the roster -five new starters expected- Polian believes that fans must be patient with this group, as they’ll need time to get used to each other to grow and develop.

“It takes time and patience,” said Polian. “They need to play together and become cohesive, and they need to learn and adjust to Bill Lazor‘s offense, which is different from what they had last year.”

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I love ryan Tannehill, And I have even since we drafted him, But last season was what made me love him the most, When you lead the league in sacks, Yet still manage to start EVERY SINGLE GAME, And not only start but improve? I think this season Tannehill is going to open ALOT of eyes, If the new offensive line can protect him good enough, And if this new Offensive system proves to deserve all the hype it is getting. (Which I think it does)

I tell you hwhat… I believe anything that man says. Just under 4000 yards and doubled his TD’s i would certainly say he has most definitely improved from lsat year. Now let’s see what he does with a better offensive scheme, and hopefully a better O-line.